Schmitt powers SF Giants to win over Dodgers with first career grand slam

LOS ANGELES — Casey Schmitt admired his work for half a second.

Schmitt didn’t need to watch the ball soar through the night. Nor did he need to see it land halfway up the left-field bleachers. Schmitt, instead, stared at the faces in his dugout — a dugout he ignited with his first career grand slam.

It wasn’t just a swing that shocked ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Dodger Stadium’s announced attendance of 53,022. It wasn’t just a swing that headlined the Giants’ three homers on Friday night as they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers...